What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clogher (ballintober North By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clogher (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It appeared on the 1914 Ordnance Survey map as a small circular feature on a gentle southeast-facing drumlin slope. Later descriptions identified an eroded earthen bank and outer fosse, but the site is no longer visible in reclaimed pasture.

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small circular feature (diam. c. 20m), and situated on a gentle SE-facing slope of a broad drumlin. It was described in 1955 as a circular area (diam. c. 18m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (max. H c. 0.4m) and hedge with traces of an outer fosse (SMR file). It was described as a circular area defined by an eroded earthen bank and outer fosse (Gannon 1972). It is no longer visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO012-019----) is c. 150m to the SE, and enclosure (RO012-021----) is c. 180m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2012

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